Colorado Gazetteer
Mount Herard is a physical feature (summit) in Saguache County. The primary coordinates for Mount Herard places it within the CO 81131 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Mount Herard |
| Category: | Colorado physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | In the Sangre de Cristo Range, 5.6 km (3.5 mi) W of Medane Pass and 35 km (22 mi) ENE of Hooper. |
| History: | "Originally named Medano Peak (""medano"" is Spanish for sand hill) for the sand dunes located at the base of the summit. In 1970, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved the name Mount Seven, at the request of the Colorado Mountain Club and to recognize the summit's seven distinct peaks. Renamed in 1984 for Ulysses Herard and his family, who homesteaded on the slope of the summit in 1876 and maintained a ranch there until 1948." |
| County: | Saguache County |
| Latitude: | 37.8491266 |
| Longitude: | -105.4944793 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Herard: Mount Herard.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Mount Herard does not include property ownership information.
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